The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-15

A Masonic Lodge 20 be Organized al
Fastman-A White Man from Worth
County Gets Into Serious Trouble az
Albany-A Flying Chip Causes TIE
Loss of an Eye.
GEORGIA.
A student who goes to college at athens
goes bareheaded all the time.
Hon. William Pitt Eastman. who ha!
been dangerously i'll at Eastmal, is con
valescing,
Clarke Superior Court convened Monday.
There are very few important cases to be
tried at this term.
The Americas Library Association has
ordered about seventy-tiv new books. This
is its annual order
Harmony Grove BIAS a cotton block,
There are l 800 bales in the place that can't
be moved at present by the railroad.
At Athens SAT- lrtlay horse trader
snapped horse 4 or barrel of sorghum,
with chicken coop and pig pen thrown in.
At Athens Fr. E. d. Newton has loaned
the. beautiful steal engraving, Napoleon S
Return frorA Elha," to the University Ii
brary
At Athans the firm of W. H. Towns & Co.
has dissolved. W. II. Towns buying out the
company. He will continue business in his
own name.
Tlgs prohibition fight will probably begin
lntae near future in Baldwin county The
a1tis promise hard fight, while the Pro-
~ Ditionists are determined to be dry.
1t is thought that between 1000, 900 and
10000 900 feet of timber will come down
to Darien during this month from the up
country. Several millions have already ar
rived.
The editor Of the Athens Banner Watch
man was shown on Saturday some interest
ing letters from Presidents Monroe, Adams
and other distinguished members of the old
school
The Griffin Cotton Mills have good sup
ply of cotton on hand, and are benefited
greatly by the rise in the price of cotton,
Orders have recently been received for
large amounts of goods.
The fall meeting of the Harris County
Sunday School Association, held at Bethle-
hem church, in Valley Plains district, on
the first Wednesday in November, was one
of the most interesting in the history of the
organization.
At Madison Rev. GLADDEN., a negro
preacher. lost his money he had received
from bale of cotton last week and his wife
thinks that it deranged his mind he as has not
been seen since 1t is thought that he
drowned himself.
Work is rapidly progressing on the new
tract for papering has been given to Parr
Bros, of Athens The paper was made to
order, and cost 800 A part of the scenery
has arrived, and is being put in position.
The Masons of Eastman have applied for
a chapter of the Royal Arch to be eStab-
lished at that place, and the Grand High
Priest OF Georgia having granted permits
sion for the same, has requested the mem
hers Of Constantine Chapter No. 4, of Ma
con f0 assist him in CONSTITUTING IL tn-daN
A young man name Naming, in Paulding
county, while picking up potatoes last Sat
urday stuck a stick i'll his eyebalL DR.
Slaughter was called in to take it out, but
il had entered the anteria chamber and
turned around, and it could not be taken
out without taking out the eyeball. He
will probably lose his eye.
At Fort Valley the dry goods store of
Wasser g. Glass was entered by burglars
Wednesday night, and several hundred dol
lars worth OF goods taken. The wire screen
to one of the front windows was wrenched
so as to allow the window to be raised The
tracks of one-horse wagon were seen in
front of the store and TRACKED mile or so
in the country, but could not be traced to
any house.
The cannon ball train on the Savannah.
Florida and Western railway ran over an
old mule between Baconton and Hardaway
Saturday morning. The back trucks of the
engine were thrown Off the track torn up
and the train delayed four hours Owing TO
heavy shipment, and consequent delay Of
the freight trains, the incoming night
passenger train from Brunswick TO Albany
was delayed two hours.
At Milledgeville, the coming municipal
election Is the absorbing topic. There are
perhaps, a dozen candidates for the two
Marshals positions. and every issue of the
local papers contain new nominations for
the Aldermanic Board At an enthusiastic
meeting held in the court house the follow
ing ticket was nominated; For
Mayor, C. w Ennis; for Alder
+. Wall, D. B. Sanford, f. Wilson, j. w.
Mcmillan. This composes a strong ticket.
The present Mayor, Capt. Sam Walker, it
is said, will not allow his name used for an
other term. He has been Mayor nearly ten
years.
At Macon Saturday J. NJ. Johnston. W.
H Ross, Ben C. Smith, S. r. Jacques and j.
f. Hanson published call TO the different
towns and cities IN the State asking them to
Join in raising good round sum of money
TO assist in Frightening the declining days
of the old hero, Hon. Jefferson Davis AL
though the movement began in Macon, il is
INTENDED to be a comprehensive one and
every point in Georgia will be canvassed.
good deal of money was raised among
O1cTSC Schhiciltti WHICH, LutN IlFSb IlleU. ana
during the week amemher of the committee
viii visit the leading cities
AS the Georgia fast train was backing
out Of the shed at Augusta, Sunday night,
some unknown white man standing on the
platform next to he engine threw two
brick bats with great violence into a crowd
standing near the waiting room One of
the missiles struck an old gentleman on the
ankle and bruised 1t considerably, and sew
eral other people narrowly escaped being
struck also What could have induced such
an act is unknown. The matter was report
ed to the police, and as the miscreant was
accurately described the probability is that
he will be unprecedented and severely pun
ished.
At Hawkinsviile Saturday, Mrs. Drew w.
Taylor, Familiarity called Aunt Betsy,
mother of Fl. ID. Taylor and s. w Taylor
had a very narrow escape from fatally
burning. For several months she has been
confined to her bed with paralysis, and
about II 80 p m., she, in her helpless cond-
ton, and with her paralytic hand, under
took to use small kerosene lamp, which
was she overturned, igniting her clothing;
her granddaughter, Miss Stella, was anak-
ened by IKE fash and the assistance of the
nurse quickly outed the flames, burning her
hands badly, while her grandmother scarce
ly scorched.